Tag: rumor

The unfounded rumor—spread by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and then-vice president candidate J.D. Vance—that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets and wildlife has been named PolitiFact's "Lie of ...

An Ohio woman whose Facebook post sparked harmful rumors about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield — accusations repeated by former President Donald Trump at Tuesday’s debate — has admitted ...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWineJohn Minchillo | APRepublican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio on Sunday rebuked the false conspiracy theories that have been amplified by former President Donald Trump and his ...

After Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance have been humiliated on the national debate stage in front of 60 million people, and on social media, ...

The rumor mill about immigrants attacking household pets got its start in thinly sourced anecdotes shared at government meetings and on social media. But it really got going when AI-generated ...

Erika Lee, a woman from Springfield, Ohio, who initially made a Facebook post alleging that local Haitian immigrants were "eating pets," leading to significant national attention on the small city, ...

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump wanted to spend this week attacking one of Democratic rival Kamala Harris’ biggest political vulnerabilities. Instead, he spent most of the week falsely ...

Professor Merrill Kaplan is the director of Ohio State University's Center for Folklore Studies. She studies and teaches about the role of rumor, legend, folk belief, and superstition in society.Springfield ...